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#7 Uruguay
Points: 1609
The South American nation is one of only two teams from the continent to make it to the top ten in the rankings. Uruguay had a mixed 2018, where they won 8 of their 13 games and lost 5.
La Celeste had a good start to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, defeating Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Russia in the group stages, before knocking out Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal in the Round of 16. However, they could not overcome eventual champions France in the Quarter final and had to bow out of the tournament.
Since then, the Uruguay Football team has defeated Mexico, but lost to South Korea, Japan, Brazil and France. As such, with 1609 points, they are 7th in the rankings. They face Uzbekistan in the Semi Finals of the China Cup on Friday.
Since the creation of the FIFA Rankings, the average position of the Latin American country has been 22nd.
